Just then, a voice spoke.
“I don’t know if he was invited.”
The crowd looked in the direction of the voice and saw a woman in a lavish evening gown and thick make-up. She sneered, “But what I do know is that I saw him collecting trash at Longford Park today.
“I don’t think a mere trash collector would know our great Miss Chloe Sommerset, would he?”
As soon as Jennie said that, the whole room erupted.
“There’s no way Miss Chloe knows someone like that! Chase him out!”
“He told such a tall tale, but he never guessed that he would be exposed just like that.”
“I can’t believe Silvia has a friend like him. What a shocker.”
Right now, everyone was looking at Philip with nothing but contempt and disgust.
Philip was unmoved in the face of all their accusations. Instead, he turned to look at Jennie.
He had met earlier that day; in fact, he was the one who had her thrown out. He then looked to her side and saw a sniggering Mickey.
So he was here too. No wonder.
Did Old Man George not manage to dig up anything on Nick Cage?
Mr. Moseby said sternly, “Are you sure, miss?”
“I can be her witness.”
Mickey stepped out of line as well.
He first gave Philip a cold sneer before turning to Mr. Moseby and saying, “I did meet this… person with my girlfriend at Longford Park today. He had his mother-in-law with him, and he said that he owned a mansion at Longford Park. Do you buy that?”
Hahaha!
There was a roar of laughter.
That was Longford Park! How could someone as shabbily-dressed as Philip afford a place there?
Hence, everyone just thought of it as an absurd joke.
“Well, since Master Cage has spoken, what else is there to prove?”
Mr. Moseby smiled.
He had trampled all over Philip while barely even lifting a finger.
To him, this was nothing at all, a matter of minute consequence. Someone like Philip was nowhere near good enough to be his opponent.
Silvia’s friends all shook their heads. What a mess they were caught up in.
Only Silvia ran to Mr. Moseby and pleaded for mercy. However, Mr. Moseby ignored her and held up his walkie-talkie to call the guards.
Xavier stood proudly and scoffed at Philip.
“So you’re famous for being a good-for-nothing, huh? Like I said, we’re from different worlds. I just have to say the word and I can get you booted out of here. What about you? What can you do now?”
By now, some others were echoing Xavier’s sentiment and yelling at Philip to “get the hell out of here”.
Philip just stood there quietly, his eyes lowered and his body unmoving. No one knew what he was thinking.
To all the outsiders, it looked like he had already given up. Just when smiles of sweet victory were spreading across Xavier’s, Mickey’s, and Jennie’s faces…
Suddenly, an ice-cold voice cut in.
“Who’s that I hear threatening to throw him out?”
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